Labour and the Woolwich Arsenal

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HIS statement by the Woolwich

Arsenal Combined Shop Stewards Committee gives a summary of the arguments for Labour reversing the Tory decision to close Woolwich Arsenal. “The Balance of Payments’, “export on, Dre”, “The: -Dotlar’, “The Pound’, “Woolwich Arsenal’. Woolwich Arsenal has the right to be included in the context of the opening paras’ aph on two counts. There are thousands of firms manufacturing armaments. These firms must concentrate on the Export Market. We are absolutely convinced, that in the majority of projects (if honest assessments are made) we have been, are, and could be in the future, competitive with Private Enterprise. The tempting distraction of steady, lucrative, Armament contracts must be removed, if the export market 1s to be developed. If International Disarmament becomes a reality, the expense of honouring cancelled contracts would not apply to the ROF. Governmentowned Factories could change over to peace aid for the under-developed countries. We could again produce ditch diggers, railway trucks, machine tools, turbines, etc.